General
Centre for Alternative Technology
www.cat.org.uk
An educational charity which researches and demonstrates technologies for a sustainable society - based in Machynlleth, mid-Wales - visit the centre (open 7 days a week, all year), or online shop, bookshop and publications
Ethical Consumer magazine
www.ethicalconsumer.org
Bimonthly subscription magazine and website - magazine includes regular feature on low-carbon living.
New Internationalist magazine
www.newint.org
Monthly subscription magazine featuring articles on climate change, Fair Trade and other global justice subjects
Transition town initiative and transition culture
http://transitionculture.org/
Moving towards a sustainable economy e.g:
• Transition Town Totnes in Devon www.transitiontowns.org/Totnes/
• Transition Wirral www.wirralgroups.org.uk/transitionwirral.htm
Carbon Cutters
www.carbon-cutters.com
Detailed advice on moving to a post-carbon society
How Cuba survived its oil crisis
www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php
Contains a short (2 min) summary video about the coming oil crisis and Cuba's response to its crisis
Electricity from renewable sources
Good Energy
www.good-energy.co.uk
Ecotricity
www.ecotricity.co.uk
Reduce CO2 from travel
Transport direct
www.transportdirect.info
The public transport information website you've been waiting for - enter your postcode or town, and where you want to go to and when, and you get the nearest bus stop, the bus number, when its due, or the train information with changes and so on.
NationalRail information
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Claiming for train delays
www.traindelays.co.uk
Rail timetables in Wales
www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/CreateYourOwnTimetable.aspx
Create your own timetable online - select the stations, days of the week and times that apply to you, and then download a .pdf file
Seat 61
www.seat61.com
International rail information
Sustrans
www.sustrans.org.uk
Sustainable transport charity - information on long distance cycle routes, including online UK maps at small, medium and large scales.
VCA car fuel data
www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/search.asp
Gives official fuel consumption figures so that you can make any car purchase as non-polluting as possible.
Ramblers Association coaches
www.ramblers.org.uk
The Ramblers Association runs coaches every weekend to walking areas from many towns and cities in the UK through their local groups.
Reduce CO2 from food
Farmers' markets
• www.thefoody.com/regionalfm.html
• www.farmersmarkets.net
Find a farmers' market near you and purchase food that has been produced locally and has not been driven all around the country (although these sites do not list every farmers' market).
Local milkman
www.findmeamilkman.net
Gives a link to your local doorstep deliverers via your postcode. Some now deliver organic milk.
Reduce CO2: other
Freecycle
http://uk.freecycle.org
UK branch of a global movement to match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them - there will be a local online branch in your area where you can find a home for things you don't want to keep but cannot bear to throw away
Charcoal suppliers in North-West England
www.coppicenorthwest.org.uk
Produced from wood harvested from sustainably managed woodlands and so almost carbon-neutral
Campaigning organisations
iCount
http://icount.org.uk
The campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, a coalition of 50-plus organisations.
Campaign against Climate Change
www.campaigncc.org
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.org.uk
Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org.uk
Airportwatch
www.airportwatch.org.uk
A coalition of the national environmental organisations and airport community groups who are opposed to plans for airport expansion
Climate and Health Council
www.climateandhealth.org
for health professionals
Environmental Law Foundation
www.elflaw.org
Free legal guidance and continuing support to those in need of assistance when aiming to protect and improve their local environment and quality of life
Living Streets
www.livingstreets.org.uk
campaigns for better walking routes for pedestrians
Low fly Zone
www.lowflyzone.org/
Sign up online and pledge to either limit your flights or take no flights at all in the coming year (incorporating previous website by Flight Pledge Union)
Network for Climate Action
www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk
Stop Heathrow Airport Expansion
www.stopheathrowexpansion.com
Stop Stansted Airport Expansion
www.stopstanstedexpansion.com
Also, several of the organisations in the information sections above are also involved in campaigning, e.g. Sustrans
Campaigning video
Robert Newman's History of Oil
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159
Hilarious and shocking at the same time (45 mins)
bigpicture.tv
www.bigpicture.tv
streams free video clips of leading experts, thinkers and activists in environmental and social sustainability
Other calculators
Act on CO2 Calculator
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html
The UK Government calculator. This does not include emissions from public transport, purchase of consumer goods, or waste (or savings from recycling).
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